Archive for September 2009
Apple purchased digital mapmaker Placebase in July for an undisclosed sum, according to Seth Weintraub at Computerworld. Placebase, which we wrote about last year, is a Google Maps competitor that focuses on adding layers of public and private data to existing maps with … Read More »
Brightkite is ready to re-launch its service. Brightkite is the company that emerged after Limbo, a Burlingame, Calif.-based startup, merged with Denver-based Brightkite. The company offers a location-based social networking service that allows folks to broadcast their location and help find bars and … Read More »
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts:
Google Personalized Search Launches (Google) — Earlier tonight, Android, iPhone and the Palm Pre gained a new search feature. Not only will Google save … Read More »
GetJar, a independent mobile application store, has launched a service dubbed the App Download Page, which points people to the versions of apps that are compatible with their mobile phones. By taking the guesswork out of which version to download, the thinking goes, the overall … Read More »
It was only in February of this year that we told you about a cool, new voice technology that Microsoft was rolling out for Windows Mobile. Recite was only a technical preview but it showed real innovation in the ability to enter information via … Read More »
Using a cell phone while driving is a bad thing. We’ve seen the reports that doing so impairs a driver as much or even more than being intoxicated. With smartphones playing an even bigger role in communications currently than in the past, the problem will grow … Read More »
As the amount of data we all use and store grows, information management is becoming an increasingly important topic. It’s often ignored until something happens, like losing a software serial number or other vital piece of information in what was once thought to be an … Read More »
How much of a drag is spam putting on the global broadband and messaging infrastructure, and where is it coming from? According to Symantec’s newly released 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report, spam is a huge burden: In September, the global ratio of spam in email traffic … Read More »
More Must Reads
It might be too much to say that it’s raining money in online videoland today, but it’s at least a drizzle. White label video provider VMIX gave us a heads up that it has secured $2 million in a Series B-1 round. Including this … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Sep. 30, 2009, 3:28pm PT
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Sep. 30, 2009, 3:06pm PT
Boxer-Kerry Senate Climate Bill: It’s officially here! Read over the entire draft, or a summary, or the various media reports checking it out — Environmental Capital, Green Inc, BBC, Reuters.
Smart Grid Take Aways from GridWeek: GE Energy’s vice president of transmission and … Read More »
There haven’t been enough modern noir dramas in the web video world, if you ask me, and Fall of Kaden, produced by Tape 6 and CJP Digital Media, fills that slot nicely.
In the 10-episode series now running on Koldcast.tv (whose player, I have to say, … Read More »
The first thing that occurred to me when I saw the HP Envy 13 in person was that it looked very much like my 13-inch MacBook. The similar design is no accident — HP admitted they used the MacBook as inspiration for the Envy. … Read More »
Is there anyone in the world who can make a short film, put it on the Internet with zero marketing and get more than 2 million views in one month? Don’t say only Joss Whedon. Ryan Higa, a goofball comedian who posts home videos made with … Read More »
By Colin Gibbs
Sep. 30, 2009, 1:16pm PT
The iPhone still rules when it comes to traffic on the wireless web, according to the latest figures from AdMob, but Google’s Android and Palm’s webOS are picking up steam. The San Mateo, Calif.-based mobile ad company today said the iPhone (not including the iPod … Read More »
By Will Kelly
Sep. 30, 2009, 1:00pm PT
Time for our new Wednesday feature that highlights some of the latest iPhone news! Just last night I noticed the new Dropbox application, which complements my online account. Alas! I can’t try it without upgrading my iPhone OS and I’m not ready … Read More »
Blackwave has raised $7 million in Series C funding from return backers Globespan Capital Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners and Sigma Partners, the Acton, Mass.-based company announced today, after being outed yesterday for an SEC filing that disclosed part of the round.
Blackwave has been Read More »
By Jennifer Kho
Sep. 30, 2009, 12:05pm PT
Industry watchers have been predicting – and companies have been eagerly awaiting – the return of tech IPOs for months. A123Systems’ successful IPO last week set off a new flurry of those forecasts, with many seeing it as a sign of more offerings to … Read More »
3D TV Not All its Cracked Up to 3Be? Even with a new TV you’ll still need to wear the glasses, and the content becomes unwatchable for those not wearing glasses. (TV by the Numbers)
Fox Interactive Now Called News Corp. Digital Media; new name comes … Read More »
Word is coming out of Taiwan that companies are canceling orders and suspending shipments of the Intel Classmate PC, due to poor financial conditions. The Classmate PC is a notebook for kids that Intel has created to bring low-cost notebooks into the classroom.
We were impressed … Read More »
By Jennifer Martinez
Sep. 30, 2009, 11:15am PT
By Darrell Etherington
Sep. 30, 2009, 11:00am PT
Filemaker’s Bento software for the Mac is meant to be a database management program for users who aren’t much interested in keeping databases. At least, as someone who shudders at the very term, that’s how I see it. The program receives its third major … Read More »
By Paul Bonanos
Sep. 30, 2009, 10:42am PT
Imeem lost a key backer when the social music site raised its last round of financing this spring: Sequoia Capital. The stalwart VC firm, which invested in Imeem’s Series A round and followed on at least one other time, has apparently lost confidence in the … Read More »
As mobile enthusiasts, we’ve had the “integrated vs. removable battery” debate before. I have the last unibody MacBook model with a removable battery and I’d be hard pressed to go with an integrated battery. In fact, it’s one of the reasons I originally … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Sep. 30, 2009, 10:26am PT
If you thought investment in the cleantech sector would never rival that of information technology, well, you underestimated the impact of the recession and subsequent stimulus package. Researchers from the Cleantech Group and Deloitte Consulting said this morning that in the third quarter … Read More »
By Simon Mackie
Sep. 30, 2009, 10:00am PT
By Stacey Higginbotham
Sep. 30, 2009, 9:59am PT
By Edit Staff
Sep. 30, 2009, 9:18am PT
By Georgina Laidlaw
Sep. 30, 2009, 9:00am PT
I confess: I’m a terrible scatterbrain. It takes a lot for me to force my thoughts into a nice, orderly line and to keep them there — particularly in those busy times when I have a lot of competing priorities. In those times, I’ll often … Read More »
Our fellow GigaOMers at jkOnTheRun note this morning that the free TiVo app for BlackBerries is out today.
BlackBerry, meet TiVo. TiVo, say “Hi” to BlackBerry. OK, now that you two are acquainted, let’s remotely get some television recorded, ‘k? Yes, the TiVo … Read More »
One of the best innovations to come out of longtime hardware maker HTC is actually software. Its TouchFLO interface built on Windows Mobile has enamored many handset owners. But it’s not the only game in town. SPB has long made its Mobile Shell … Read More »
Of all the file syncing solutions available, one of the most popular is Dropbox. As one of the solutions that is also cross-platform compatible, many Mac users have embraced Dropbox as a more reliable and robust solution than other alternatives, like MobileMe’s iDisk. Diehard Dropbox … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 30, 2009, 8:29am PT
Huawei Technologies has brought on telecom industry veteran Matt Bross as its chief technology officer, a position that up until now he’d held at British Telecom. With this move, it’s even more clear that Huawei wants to shed its image as an upstart Chinese maker … Read More »
